Championship

Championship | Gameweek 20

Dec 9, 2023 at 3pm UK

King Power Stadium

Leicester
4 - 0
Plymouth

Mavididi (14' pen., 52'), Daka (49'), Ndidi (55')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Gibson (42'), Miller (44'), Galloway (67')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Leicester City and Plymouth Argyle, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Leicester City

All competitions

Last Game: West Brom 1-2 Leicester
Saturday, December 2 at 12.30pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Plymouth Argyle

All competitions

Last Game: Plymouth 2-1 Stoke
Saturday, December 2 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Leicester City 2-0 Plymouth Argyle

Leicester will be delighted to be back at the King Power following two tricky Championship outings, where the home faithful will demand maximum points and a dominant display from the league leaders. Plymouth are one of three sides in the Championship who are yet to taste success on the road this season, so we are expecting the Pilgrims to struggle in the East Midlands on Saturday. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Leicester City win with a probability of 65.28%. A draw had a probability of 19.3% and a win for Plymouth Argyle had a probability of 15.42%.

The most likely scoreline for a Leicester City win was 2-0 with a probability of 10.22%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.87%) and 1-0 (9.33%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9%), while for a Plymouth Argyle win it was 1-2 (4.34%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with a 4.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Leicester City would win this match.

Result
Leicester City	Draw	Plymouth Argyle
65.28% ( -0.07)	19.3% ( 0.05)	15.42% ( 0.02)

Both teams to score 54.97% (

-0.12)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

61.09% (

-0.18)

38.91% (

0.17)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

38.77% (

-0.18)

61.22% (

0.18)

Leicester City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

88.82% (

-0.07)

11.17% (

0.07)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

64.34% (

-0.15)

35.66% (

0.15)

Plymouth Argyle Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

61.89% (

-0.08)

38.11% (

0.08)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.13% (

-0.08)

74.87% (

0.08)

Score Analysis

Leicester City 65.27%

Plymouth Argyle 15.42%

Draw 19.3%

Leicester City	Draw	Plymouth Argyle
2-0 @ 10.22% ( 0.03) 2-1 @ 9.87% ( 0) 1-0 @ 9.33% ( 0.05) 3-0 @ 7.47% ( -0) 3-1 @ 7.21% ( -0.02) 4-0 @ 4.09% ( -0.01) 4-1 @ 3.95% ( -0.02) 3-2 @ 3.48% ( -0.02) 4-2 @ 1.91% ( -0.01) 5-0 @ 1.79% ( -0.01) 5-1 @ 1.73% ( -0.01) Other @ 4.23% Total : 65.27%	1-1 @ 9% ( 0.03) 2-2 @ 4.76% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 4.26% ( 0.04) 3-3 @ 1.12% ( -0.01) Other @ 0.16% Total : 19.3%	1-2 @ 4.34% ( 0) 0-1 @ 4.11% ( 0.02) 0-2 @ 1.98% ( 0.01) 2-3 @ 1.53% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 1.4% ( -0) Other @ 2.06% Total : 15.42%